SMALL WALKS for small feet... FIND YOUR NEWPORT WALK Lets Walk Newport - Small Walks for Small Feet 10 Reasons to walk... 1. Makes you feel good 2. Reduces stress 3. Helps you sleep better 4. Reduces risk of:- • Heart disease • Stroke • High blood pressure • Diabetes • Arthritis • Osteoporosis • Certain cancers and can help with theirmanagement and recovery 5. Meet others and feel part of your community 6. See your local areaand discover new places 7. Kind to the environment 8. Can be done by almost anyone 9. No special equipment required 10. Its FREE, saving money on bus fares and petrol 2 Lets Walk Newport - Small Walks for Small Feet How often should I walk? As often as you can Aim for at least:- 30minutes This can be in one go or 3 walks of 10 minutes or 2 walks of 15 minutes per day or more days 5 of the week How fast should I walk? Start slowly to warm up gradually increase to a brisk pace:- • heart beating a little faster • breathing a little faster • feel a little warmer • leg muscles may ache a little • you should still be able to hold a conversation Slow down gradually to cool down Tips • Walk to the local shops • Get o the bus a stop earlier • Park a little further from your destination • Walk the children to and from school • Go for a lunchtime walk • Walk to post a letter • Use the stairs • Walk with friends/family • Explore new areas • Walk the dog • Note your progress 3 Lets Walk Newport - Small Walks for Small Feet What equipment will I need? Healthy Start Walks brochure:- • Comfortable and sensible footwear (no ip-ops or high heels) • Water Small Walks for Small Feet brochure:- • Comfortable and sensible footwear (no ip-ops or high heels) • Water Healthy Challenge Walks brochure:- • Sturdy footwear • Water Countryside Walks brochure:- • Sturdy footwear/Hillwalking boots • Water Safety information (Countryside brochure only) • Tell someone where you are going • Tell someone how long you will be • Remember to let them know when you return Have fun and enjoy your walk! 4 Lets Walk Newport - Small Walks for Small Feet Walks Distance Page 1. Bassaleg Beginner 0.6 Km 6-7 0.4 Miles 2. Pill Mill Circular 0.7 Km 8-9 0.45 Miles 3. Shaftesbury Park 1 Km 10-11 0.6 Miles 4. Newport International 2.3 Km 12-13 Sports Village 1.4 Miles 5. Tredegar House 2.6 Km 14-15 & Park 1.6 Miles 6. Newport Wetlands 2.3 Km 16-17 Reserve 1.4 Miles 7. Belle Vue Park 1.3 Km 18-19 0.8 Miles 8. Lysaghts Park 1.8 Km 20-21 1.1 Miles 9. Beechwood Park 1.4 Km 22-23 0.9 Miles 10. Glebelands 3.5 Km 24-25 2.2 Miles Please refer to map on back cover 5 Start at the entrance to the park next to the lay-by on Caerphilly Road... WALK 1 Enter park through a large black kissing gate. Turn right and follow gravel path towards Graig Community Bassaleg Beginner. A Hall car park. An easy, short and B Walk through car park and exit car park in far right corner. level walk on tarmac and gravel paths with C Turn left onto Cowshed Lane and follow lane down gradual slope. uneven ground along Bassaleg Beginner the cowshed lane but D At end of lane turn left and follow pavement along the Grin Road. suitable for E At junction with Caerphilly Road turn left onto grassy area and walk towards large black gate in far corner. pushchairs and (Note: there are benches to rest at and views of Bassaleg School and surrounding hills). wheelchairs. F Take gravel path and go through large black kissing gate into park and back to the start. The path in the park can be muddy at NOTE: There is no pavement and narrow gate so not suitable for pushchairs and buggies. times. OPTION TO EXTEND WALK: At C keep straight ahead along B4388. At Bethel Baptist Church sign turn left down a tarmac lane. An ideal beginner’s Follow Blue dotted line: Keep on path passing Bethel Baptist Church on your right then go through narrow opening and walk for smaller turn left along Penylan Road towards the Grin. children. Question: Who was the rst person to walk on the moon? 1 r the still e r a nts ri ootp f s Hi re’ the because e r or wind no s ! Moon the on ain 6 ANSWER: rong. Armst Neil f set He f sur lunar the on oot Jul 21st on BST 3.56am at ace . WALK 1969 y KEY 7 E Walk Route P F P Car Park A Bus Stop B C Bench Distance 0.6 Km,Distance 0.4 Miles Children’s Playground Gate D Signpost PENTRE-POETH RD A likely explanation for the origin of the word ‘Bassaleg’ is that it is a corruption of the Latin word ‘basilica’, a word usually used for a religious Analemmatic Bassaleg Beginner building erected on the site Sundial of a shrine of a saint or martyr. There is a children’s playground in the park and Bethel an analemmatic sundial Baptist Church whereby you can stand on the current month and your shadow will tell you the correct time. Start in car park outside Pill Millennium Centre... WALK 1 Pill Mill Circular. Walk towards entrance of Pill Millennium Centre. Turn left when facing entrance and follow path alongside A Pill Millennium Centre. A short, level walk on tarmac paths around At edge of Pill Millennium Centre keep on path straight ahead through trees, passing children’s B Pill playing elds. playground on right and keep straight on path around playing elds in a clockwise direction. Pill Mill Circular Pill There may be some muddy patches along C At fork keep right. the route. There is a children’s D At concrete bollards turn right and keep on main path heading around playing elds. (Note: there are many paths leading away from main path around playing elds). playground and slide along the route. E At path crossroads keep straight ahead, then at fork keep right passing small hill and bridge on right. Bus stops on Commercial Road and F Keep on path passing basketball court on left and children’s playground on right back to the start. Alexandra Road. DID YOU KNOW? About 1 in 4 children sleepwalk at least once between the ages of 7 to 12! 2 QUESTION: How long would it take to walk non-stop around the World? 8 ANSWER: WALK miles. 25,000 or km 40,000 of distance a equator, the around mph 3 or 5kph of speed steady a at night and day Walking year! whole One KEY 9 Walk Route P Car Park E Pillgwenlly Bus Stop Community Learning Academy Bench F Distance 0.7 Km,Distance 0.45 Miles A Children’s P Playground B ‘Pill’ is the Welsh word for water inlet or harbour and ‘Gwenlly’ a corruption of Saint Gwynllyw therfore, Pill Mill Circular Pill Pillgwenlly means Gwynllyw’s harbour. D Supposedly when C Gwynllyw was a pirate he based his ships here. Start at junction of Evans Street and Pugsley Street and enter park through small green gate... WALK 3 Shaftesbury Park A Follow path straight ahead keeping park on your left and river on your right. (Note: ne views on right of river Usk and surrounding hillsides and houses). A pleasant, level walk on tarmac and hard At gate to Shaftesbury Park allotments, bear left onto hardcore gravel then onto footpath running along B park boundary. surface paths along the banks of the river Shaftesbury Park C At disused school buildings on your right, keep ahead on tarmac path next to buildings. (Option: Bear right Usk and around the before buildings & follow path (Cycle Way 47) towards Barrack Hill, keeping canal on your right.) park boundary. At path junction, turn left, follow path past children’s playground on right, and at next junction There is a long slide D turn right, back to the start. and children’s E Option: take path on left before exiting park gate ahead and bear right following path alongside river playground with a towards Newport Castle and city centre, passing basketball court and disused supermarket building large recreation area on your right. Note: Keep river on your left. and many benches to rest on. DID YOU KNOW? The average person walks the equivalent of three and a half times around the earth in a lifetime. QUESTION: How long would it take you to walk to the moon? 3 ANSWER: 9,610 days or 26.3 years! (if you walked 40 km every day). It only takes light 1.3 seconds to travel from the earth to the moon! the to earth the from travel to seconds 1.3 light takes only It day). every km 40 walked you (if years! 26.3 or days 9,610 WALK 10 B KEY 11 Walk Route Bench Bus Stop Children’s Distance 1 Km,Distance 0.6 Miles Playground C Gate D A Optional Path E Views of the river are best at high tide and there is the Shaftesbury Park recommended option of following the path along the river to the ruins of a 12th century castle near the city centre. Start at the entrance to the sports centre... WALK 4 Newport Turn right on exiting the sports centre I Turn right on tarmac path around Stadium. A and walk around the building.